enjoy life. âone bite at a time. Located in Scottsdale, Cafe Forte is a purveyor of inspired American dining from the esteemed Chef Grace Rubel. Cafe Forte opened in April 1996 and has since led the locally sourced food movement in heart of Old Town Scottsdale Art District.
1991: Yeltsin wins first Russian elections. Boris Yeltsin is celebrating victory as Russia's first popularly-elected president. The 60-year-old reformer and leader of the group Democratic Russia has inflicted a heavy defeat on the Communist Party which has ruled the country since the 1917 Revolution.
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